It’s pretty tough to top Rosie O’Donnell, but this episode nearly does it thanks to a racist former TV judge, a one-armed scrabble player and a weird inventor. In spite of all the inherent wackiness this week, the way everything comes together by the end is makes the episode a winner. Why? It’ll remind you of George Costanza. Next to Larry, only Costanza could get himself in a mess quite like this.
And what a mess it is. After finding an inventor with the gadget of the decade (hope you smell the sarcasm here) a periscope for cars, which allows drivers to see up to three blocks ahead to avoid traffic jams, Larry screws up the deal however by offending the inventors chubby wife (Played hilariously by former Sopranos co-star Aida Tuturro), the very reason why he decided to go into business with the guy in the first place.
Obviously, it goes on to make a ton of money and his big mouth hurts him once again.
Confused? Well, Larry seems to believe that men with unattractive wives have better business ethics than men with beautiful ones. This notion leads him to sever ties with his business manager during the course of the episode as well. It seems awkward at first, but lends itself to Larry’s general pomposity and silliness.
You’ll love it.
Overall, after a few mediocre episodes, it appears Curb is back on track. With only a few episodes left in the season, it’ll be interesting to see what happens next.
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports.
Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders.
His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023.
Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief.
Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale.
Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.
Episode Commentary: Car Periscope
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